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Dog Shredder ‘Brass Tactics’ LP/DD 2012

30th March 20123rd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Brass Tactics, DD, Digital Download, Dog Shredder, Good To Die Records, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Prog Rock, Punk, Review

Formed in 2008 from the ashes of local bands the Russians and Cicadas, the Seattle trio of Noah Burns (drums),

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Brokaw ‘Interiors’ 10″/CD 2012

21st March 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 10", 2012, Brokaw, CD, Fuzz, Good To Die Records, Interiors, Noise-Rock, Punk, Review, Stuart Dahlquist, Tom McKibbin

Seattle’s Brokaw may be more indebted to the sounds of hardcore punk, funk and 1990’s alternative rock than many of

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Sandrider – S/T – 2012 LP/DD

8th March 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, DD, Digital Download, Frank Herbert, Good To Die Records, Grunge, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Post-Rock, Review, Sandrider, Self Titled

In some parts of the world there must be something in the water that clearly has an effect on it’s

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Stallone – S/T – Digital EP 2012

29th February 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, C.J. Ridings, Digital EP, Evan Diprima, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Juan Montoya, Noise-Rock, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Stallone, Thomas Gonzalez

I did contemplate the intense amount of silliness that would have unfolded if Stallone had turned out to be a

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Gorse ‘Old Certainties’ CD 2011

5th January 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Gorse, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Old Certainties, Post-Hardcore, Review, Waitstock Productions

As a reviewer you receive music in a variety of ways – from the (sometimes) uninspiring download link to the

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Uncle Touchy ‘Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Violence’ CD 2011

19th December 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Violence, Hardcore, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Uncle Touchy

Uncle Touchy are dirty, dirty boys. Nasty, sleazy, slovenly blokes who reek of paint thinner and fags. They probably have

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Torchbearer ‘The Dirty Swagger’ LP 2011

16th December 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, All Ears Music, Digital Download, Hardcore, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, The Dirty Swagger, Torchbearer

When it comes to US hardcore, I’ve always been an East-Coast guy. Boston, New York and New Jersey always seemed

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sulaco ‘Build And Burn’ LP/DD 2011

13th December 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Build And Burn, DD, Digital Download, Grindcore, Handshake Inc, LP, Metal, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Progressive, Review, Sulaco

Hey, does anyone else remember Sulaco, ’cause it’s been a while. If, like me, you thought they were another casualty

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Wreck And Reference ‘Black Cassette’ CD/LP/DL 2011

6th November 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, Black Cassette, CD, DD, Digital Download, Experimental, Flenser Records, LP, Music Ruins Lives, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Wreck And Reference

Wreck and Reference have left me bamboozled, wrongfooted by their self-applied ‘electronic doom’ tag and generally unsure of what to

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Retox ‘Ugly Animals’ CD 2011

9th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Grindcore, Hardcore, Ipecac Recordings, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Retox, Review, Ugly Animals, Ugly Animals by Retox

OW! My goddamn head! Jesus, Retox make one hell of an intense racket. Four dudes with a wealth of experience

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The United Sons Of Toil ‘When The Revolution Comes, Everything Will Be Beautiful’ CD/LP 2011

29th August 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Phratry Records, Review, The United Sons Of Toil, When The Revolution Comes Everything Will Be Beautiful

Comrades! The United Sons Of Toil want you to throw off the yoke of the capitalist oppressor and join them

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